Great Place to Learn with Conservative Management - Senior Software Engineer Ancestry Employee Review

4.0
Sep 8, 2024
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Pros

- Engineers continuously learn and adopt new technologies (Terraform and Fargate as some examples) - Project management is conservative, so there are few development crunches (outside new products) - Teams are collaborative in sharing new learnings, modules, and libraries to avoid duplicating work

Cons

- Product development is very conservative/risk-averse (several new products have been axed shortly after release) - Mediocre compensation often leads to turnover of high-performing engineers and managers - Newly promoted or interim managers receive little training before being asked to manage 10 - 20 individuals, leading to poor results

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
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Pros

Great company culture, supportive team, smooth onboarding process, strong career stability, and meaningful work. My interview experience was very positive, and the recruiting and onboarding teams were helpful, responsive, and professional throughout the process.

Cons

There is always a learning curve when joining a new company, especially while understanding internal systems and processes, but the team has been very supportive.

3.0
Jun 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

It’s a great product and people are customer obsessed.

Cons

Misogyny is baked in to the culture.

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